A star from the Edwardian era, who, up to the outbreak of war in 1914, never played for another club. His years of service earned him an FA Cup winners' medal in 1905 and League Champions honours in 1910. As a defender, Alf (or Freddie as he was usually called) never once scored for Villa in 269 matches! After war subsided, he assumed a trainer's role at Villa Park where he stayed until shortly before his premature death at the age of 43.